Call for PapersProposals are welcome relating to the above and associated topics: IrishChildren's literature, its history, the children's literature of the Irishdiaspora, the function and reception of Irish children's texts abroad,globalisation and Irish children's literature, the translation of Irishchildren's literature, the translation into Irish of literature from othercountries. Proposals relating to poetry will be particularly welcome.Keynote speaker of the conference is Emer O'Sullivan, Professor of EnglishLiterature at the University of Lüneburg, Germany and author of theaward-winning Kinderlitarische Komparatistik (2000) and Comparative Children'sLiterature (2005)

Proposals of 250 words should be sent to:Secretary Pádraic Whyte, Children's Research Centre, Trinity College, Dublin 2.Email : whyteps_at_tcd.ie(Subject line should clearly indicate 'ISSCL Proposal')to arrive no later than 3 December 2005